Summary

During the past 15 years, I’ve had the opportunity to edit content for a variety of Post-production teams, including Television, OTT, Streaming Services, and Social Media Channels, with the resulting work viewed by millions of people around the world.

Credits

2/23 – 2/24

Assistant Editor (Premiere Productions) Boys of 742

Film (Feature-length) — Pureplay Entertainment Details
2/23 – 2/24

Sync Mapping, Overcut previous version of the film, Transcribed Interviews, Created Interview Dailies, Assisted Editors with Interview and B-Roll pulls, Timeline Cleanup for Turnovers, Proxy Creation and Troubleshooting of Premiere Productions (able to directly communicate with Adobe). Maintained a complete footage log in Google Docs containing every visual asset being used in the film.

8/22 – 9/22

Editor (DaVinci Resolve) Armstrong

Homestead Entertainment — Film (Feature-length) — Pioneer Collective Entertainment, LLC Details
8/22 – 9/22

Worked with up-and-coming director, Trayvon "Tray" Williams as the film editor on his upcoming film, "Armstrong," which is due to premiere on Tubi later in 2022 and being distributed by Homestead Entertainment in the US and Glass Slipper Productions internationally. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22051136/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_4

7/20 – 6/22

Editor (Avid/Adobe)

Staff Position — Sinclair Broadcast Group Details
7/20 – 6/22

Worked with a team of creatives to pitch and develop stories for an Infotainment Network based on the news and trending topics of every day. Franchises worked on include, “This Day In Music,” “Kinda Cool,” “NewGame+,” “Ya Gotta See This,” “and “Just When You Thought You Knew Everything.” General Responsibilities: Editor on 200 Episodes of, “This Day In Music” (4 days/week). Writer, Producer, and Editor for 1-2 video stories per week, ranging from 2-4 minutes in length.

11/20 – 6/21

Editor (Premiere Pro)

Staff Position — Rocky Kanaka, LLC Details
11/20 – 6/21

Lead Editor for the main Youtube/Amazon Prime channels of Rocky Kanaka, fun videos to help bring awareness to homeless/senior dogs and help them get adopted. While working with Rocky, his Youtube Channel grew by 500K Subscribers and the videos that I edited now have over 57 Million views to date. General Responsibilities: • Completed 10-20 minute edits for Youtube/Amazon Prime (3-4 edits per month). • Edited cut downs for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as needed.

6/19 – 11/19

Editor (Premiere Pro)

Staff Position — Pocket.watch Details
6/19 – 11/19

Editor for a variety of Narrative and Promotional content in the pocket.watch portfolio, including “Hacker Spy Leaks” and “EvanTubeHD.” Scripted Edit Responsibilities: Completed 10-15 minute scripted edits in 2-3 days, using 40-120 minutes of RAW footage. Worked with producers to launch new episodes on channels twice per week. Promotional Edit Responsibilities: Worked with producers and marketing teams to execute various forms of promotional content, including “behind-the-scenes” looks, as well as ad spots for Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/TikTok, and other social media as needed.

2/15 – 10/18

Editor (Premiere Pro)

Staff Position — Weigel Broadcasting Details
2/15 – 10/18

Editor for more than 400 short-form documentary segments, finished for broadcast, appearing in over 300 episodes on CBS digital subchannel Nationwide (2.2 Chicago). Daily Responsibilities: Edited 3-10 minute short documentaries using archival news footage, interviews and photography to tell stories. Other tasks: scoring and soundtracking stories, sound mixing for broadcast, and working with writers and motion graphics artists to bring out the best visual experience for every story. Highlights/Achievements included: Producer/Editor, “Celebrating Star Wars,” a special,“Through The Decades,” to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars (2017). Editor, “Decades Presents 1968: Robert F. Kennedy” (2018).

Unions

  • IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)

Self ID

I identify with the following groups:

  • Ethnicity: White or Caucasian
  • Gender: Man

Media

  • Dodger Blue '42' For Robinson's 75th

  • Through The Deacdes: Celebrating Star Wars - Clip, "Space Battle Temp Track"

Recos

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Education

Columbia College Chicago

Bachelor's Degree: Film/Video Production

Skills

  • AVID Media Composer
  • Video Editing
  • Project Management
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Color Correction
  • Sound Design
  • Visual Storytelling
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Scriptsync
  • social media producer
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Sound mixing
  • corporate branding
  • Overcutting
  • Live event Production
  • Turnovers
  • Interview transcription
  • Documentary Interview
  • Line Breakdown
  • Sync Mapping
  • Premiere Productions
  • Cloud-Based Editing
  • Reduct